sec.24Matters to be considered for water sharing rules for unsupplemented water

sec.24 Matters to be considered for water sharing rules for unsupplemented water

In deciding the water sharing rules, to be included in the water management protocol, for authorisations to take unsupplemented water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive must consider the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes or bedsands; the conditions for taking water decided under section 68 or 76 ; the maximum rates decided under section 66 or 74 ; the volumetric limits decided under section 67 or 75 ; the impact on authorisations to take water in the plan area. Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. s 24 sub 2017 SL No. 7 s 10 amd 2019 SL No. 120 s 11 (sec.24-ssec.1) In deciding the water sharing rules, to be included in the water management protocol, for authorisations to take unsupplemented water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive must consider the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes or bedsands; the conditions for taking water decided under section 68 or 76 ; the maximum rates decided under section 66 or 74 ; the volumetric limits decided under section 67 or 75 ; the impact on authorisations to take water in the plan area. (sec.24-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

• (a) any existing water sharing arrangements;
• (b) the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes or bedsands;
• (c) the conditions for taking water decided under section 68 or 76 ;
• (d) the maximum rates decided under section 66 or 74 ;
• (e) the volumetric limits decided under section 67 or 75 ;
• (f) the impact on authorisations to take water in the plan area.